Carlos Eire was born in Havana in 1950 and left his homeland in 1962, one of fourteen thousand unaccompanied children airlifted out of Cuba by Operation Pedro Pan. After living in a series of foster homes, he was reunited with his mother in Chicago in 1965. Eire earned his PhD at Yale University in 1979 and is now the T. Lawrason Riggs Professor of History and Religious Studies at Yale. He lives in Guilford, Connecticut, with his wife, Jane, and their three children.
Los Angeles Times The most accomplished literary expression of
exile sensibility to have appeared to date. What is powerful and
lasting about the book is Eire's evocation of childhood and his
extraordinary literary ability.
The Boston Globe Eire is gifted with what might be called lyric
precision -- a knack for grasping the life of a moment through its
sensuous particulars....Vigorously written and alive.
The Miami Herald A wistful glimpse of a shattered world.
The Washington Post Bursting with wonderful details and images and
populated by characters so well described that they seem to be
sitting next to you on the couch.
Los Angeles Times The most accomplished literary expression
of exile sensibility to have appeared to date. What is powerful and
lasting about the book is Eire's evocation of childhood and his
extraordinary literary ability.
The Boston Globe Eire is gifted with what might be called
lyric precision -- a knack for grasping the life of a moment
through its sensuous particulars....Vigorously written and
alive.
The Miami Herald A wistful glimpse of a shattered world.
The Washington Post Bursting with wonderful details and
images and populated by characters so well described that they seem
to be sitting next to you on the couch.
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